Any citizen of the Republic of China who passes the architect licensure examination is qualified to be an architect.

Any person who meets one of the following conditions may take a special examination instead.
1.Examinee is a graduate of a state or duly accredited private junior college or higher private educational institution, or a foreign junior college or higher foreign educational institution duly recognized by the Ministry of Education, either possessing a bachelor's degree in or majoring in architectural engineering, and possessing excellent practical architectural engineering experience records. Length of service required is: three years, if examinee is a graduate of a postgraduate school or a five-year bachelor's degree course; four years, if graduate of a four-year bachelor's degree course; and five years, if graduate of a junior college course.
2.Examinee is a graduate of a state or duly accredited private junior college or higher private educational institution, or a foreign junior college or higher foreign educational institution duly recognized by the Ministry of Education, either possessing a master or bachelor's degree in or majoring in architectural engineering, previously teaching structural architecture courses in a junior college or higher educational institution for a period of at least three years under the official capacity (duly acknowledged by the Ministry of Education) of a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or lecturer, as substantiated by related supporting documents.
3.Examinee is a graduate of a state or duly accredited private junior college or higher private educational institution, or a foreign junior college or higher foreign educational institution duly recognized by the Ministry of Education, either possessing a bachelor's degree in or majoring in civil engineering or construction engineering and technology completing at least 22 academic units in architectural design, as well as possessing excellent practical architectural engineering experience records. Length of service required is: five years, if examinee is a graduate of a four-year bachelor's degree course and six years, if graduate of a junior college course.
4.Examinee is a graduate of a state or duly accredited private junior college or higher private educational institution, or a foreign junior college or higher foreign educational institution duly recognized by the Ministry of Education, either possessing a bachelor's degree in or majoring in civil engineering or construction engineering and technology completing at least 22 academic units in architectural design, as well as previously teaching architecture courses in a junior college or higher educational institution for a period of at least four years under the official capacity (duly acknowledged by the Ministry of Education) of a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or lecturer, as substantiated by related supporting documents.
5.Examinee has previously passed the senior civil service examination in architectural engineering and was officially employed in government service working in an architectural engineering related position or job for at least three years and showing excellent work performance records, as substantiated by related supporting documents.
6.Examinee has been issued an official architect's license by a foreign government and such license is duly accredited by the Ministry of Examination.
The rules and regulations governing the aforementioned special examination shall be determined by the Examination Yuan and Executive Yuan.

The authorities governing architects: the central government – the Ministry of the Interior; municipalities – the municipality government; counties/cities – the county/city government.

Under any one of the following circumstances, an individual is disqualified from practicing architecture or barred from obtaining the architect's license; where an architect's license has been previously issued, such license or certificate should be revoked by central competent authority:
1.Individual has become subject to the order of the commencement of guardianship or assistantship has not been revoked.
2.Individual Suffers from mental illness or is in irregular physical or mental condition, two or more medical physicians of the appropriate specialty have been consulted upon request of the competent authority, and the competent authority has determined that he or she is unable to practice.
3.Individual has been declared bankrupt and status has not yet been revoked.
4.Individual was convicted of a crime during the practice of his/her profession or in matters related to his/her profession and given an imprisonment term of at least one year and sentence has not been placed under probation.
5.Individual's official license to practice or business license is invalidated as a punishment or penalty for violations committed.
In the matter of the circumstances provided in the foregoing subparagraphs 1 to 3, upon the elimination of the cause of such revocation, individual may re-apply for an architect's license certificate pursuant to the regulations of the Architects Act.

When claiming for the official architect's license, individual is required to present application and all eligibility supporting documents to the Ministry of the Interior for evaluation and approval; license shall be issued after due approval.

A practicing architect shall have an office for practice; or the said architect may jointly open an office with two or more licensed architects. Such an office should be duly registered with the respective municipality, county/city authority under which jurisdiction the office is located. An architect may practice anywhere within the R.O.C.